Podcast Episodes
Back to Search238 - Artie Shaw's Nightmare: The Big Band Sound Goes to War w/ Michael Doyle
Season 6 Episode 238
Author and journalist Michael Doyle's new book, Nightmare in the Pacific: The World War II Saga of Artie Shaw and His Navy Band (Univ. of North Texas…
1 year, 2 months ago
237 - Bugs Raymond, the Overlooked for Cooperstown, Kendrick's Halftime & Beyonce's Grammy
Season 6 Episode 237
Bugs Raymond battled alcoholism while pitching for the Tigers, Cardinals and Giants as well as several minor league teams during the early Deadball E…
1 year, 2 months ago
236 - Jim Gilliam: Replaceable in March, Irreplaceable in October w/ Stephen W. Dittmore
Season 6 Episode 236
Stephen W. Dittmore's book, "Jim Gilliam: The Forgotten Dodger," (August Publications, 2025) hit bookstores this week and it's a good one. Dittmore j…
1 year, 3 months ago
235 - Texans in the Hall: Ross Youngs w/ David King
Season 6 Episode 235
Journalist and author David King joins us in part 1 to talk about Ross Youngs, who was born in Shiner, Texas, in 1897, and later played 10 seasons fo…
1 year, 3 months ago
234 - The Miracle Braves of 1914, part 2
Season 6 Episode 234
This week concludes our two-part series about the Miracle Braves of 1914 and concludes with Rex and Craig discussing Billy Wagner and the recent Hall…
1 year, 3 months ago
233 - The Miracle Braves of 1914, Part 1
Season 6 Episode 233
This week Craig and Rex begin a two-part series on the Miracle Braves of 1914.
The early 20th Century was not kind to the Boston Braves (previously, t…
1 year, 3 months ago
106 - Baseball Rebels w/ Professor Peter Dreier (From the Vault)
Season 6 Episode 106
Rex and I are taking two weeks to recover from the holidays and holiday travel and will be back January 16 with the first episode of Season Six. Here…
1 year, 4 months ago
46/50 - From the Vault: Our Interview with Larry Lester and the Best and Worst Super Bowl Halftime Performances (From the Vault)
Season 6 Episode 46
Craig and Rex are taking two weeks off so we reached into the vault this week to present two segments from shows past.
The first segment is our Januar…
1 year, 4 months ago
232 - It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over: The 1973 New York Mets w/ Len Ferman, The Sports Time TravelerTM
Season 5 Episode 232
Len Ferman's new book, The 1973 Mets - You've Got to Believe, is a day to day saga about a Mets team that that rallied from last place with a 61-71 r…
1 year, 4 months ago
231 - The 2024 Hooks & Runs Year End Music Review
Season 5 Episode 231
Craig & Rex review their favorite albums of 2024 while Craig mourns Kyle Tucker being traded by Houston to the Cubs.
Errata: The MJ Lenderman lyric on…
1 year, 4 months ago